1. The Year in Baseball: 1967

2. 1967 -- Off the Field: It was a time of “Mod” fashions…
Twiggy, the Nehru jacket, bell-bottoms & flower power, the bouffant hair-do

3. … and
“muscle cars”
Pontiac GTO, Plymouth Barracuda, Chevy Corvette “Sting Ray”, and first year of the Shelby GT500 Mustang

4. … and some classic movies.
Off the Field:
… and some classic movies.
I’ll give you a famous line from the movie, and you tell me the movie’s name “We’re the Barrow Gang. We rob banks.” Bonnie and Clyde “They call me Mr. Tibbs!” In the Heat of the Night “Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?” The Graduate 4. “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” Cool Hand Luke

5. Off the Field:
Dr. Christiaan Barnard of South Africa performed the world’s first heart transplant in December 1967.
This man performed the first-ever heart transplant operation

6. 1967 -- On the Field: … the pro football field

7. On the Field:
Reggie Jackson, Tom Seaver, Rod Carew, and Johnny Bench were all rookies in 1967 … on their way to the Hall of Fame. Mickey Mantle hit his 500th HR.
Future Hall of Famers that were rookies in ’ Hit his 500th home run

8. League Most Valuable Players:
On the Field:
League Most Valuable Players:
Yaz won the triple crown with .326, 44 HR, and 121 RBI Orlando Cepeda hit .325, had 25 HR and led NL with 111 RBI.
“Yaz”
“Cha Cha”

9. Cy Young Award Winners:
On the Field:
Cy Young Award Winners:
1967 was the first year that a Cy Young Award was given to pitchers in each league. From ‘56 to ‘66 was only given to one pitcher across all of MLB.
Jim Lonborg
ERA IP K
Mike McCormick
ERA IP K

10. 1967 – On the Field: League Leaders in Stolen Bases Lou Brock
Note Campaneris’ cap – this was the last year the Athletics played in Kansas City
Mickey Mantle hit 37 homers to lead the AL. He also led the league in triples, walks, and SLG.
Lou Brock
52 steals
Dagoberto “Bert” Campaneris
55 steals

11. 1967 -- On the Field: Final Regular Season Standings
1967 National League Team Standings
Team
Wins
Losses GB
Cardinals
101 60
Giants 91 71
10 1/2
Cubs 87 74 14
Reds 75
14 1/2
Phillies 82 80
19 1/2
Pirates 81
20 1/2
Braves 77 85
24 1/2
Dodgers 73 89
28 1/2
Astros 69 93
32 1/2
Mets 61
40 1/2
1967 American League Team Standings
Team
Wins
Losses GB
Red Sox 92 70
Tigers 91 71 1
Twins
White Sox 89 73 3
Angels 84 77
7 1/2
Senators 76 85
15 1/2
Orioles
Indians 75 87 17
Yankees 72 90 20
Athletics 62 99
29 1/2

12. “The Impossible Dream” collides with “El Birdos”
1967 World Series
vs.
“The Impossible Dream” collides with “El Birdos”

13. 1967 World Series “First Title in 21 Years, Face Cardinals Again”
A rematch of the
1946 World Series

14. 1967 World Series – key Cardinals
Maury Wills
Ron Fairly
Wes Parker
Mickey Mantle hit 37 homers to lead the AL. He also led the league in triples, walks, and SLG.
Lou Brock Roger Maris Julian Javier Bob Gibson Mgr. Red Schoendienst
Don Drysdale
Sandy Koufax
Claude Osteen

15. 1967 World Series – key Red Sox
Reggie
Smith
Yaz
Tony Oliva
Key Red Sox – Yaz, Reggie Smith, George Scott, and Rico Petrocelli; pitcher Jim Lonborg; Mgr Dick Williams
Mickey Mantle hit 37 homers to lead the AL. He also led the league in triples, walks, and SLG.
George
Scott
Jim Lonborg
Mgr. Dick Williams
Rico
Petrocelli
Camilo Pasqual

16. 1967 World Series Game 7 Fenway Park
Game 7 played at Fenway Park on Thursday, October 12, 1967

17. … and now, for the rest of the story…
The Cardinals won both Worlds Series vs. the Red Sox in the 20th Century, but the Red Sox have won both match-ups in the 21st Century … here are the World Series MVPs
… when will they meet again ???
1946
1967
2004
2013
The Red Sox even up the all-time series in the 21st Century
… stay tuned for the next encounter !!